CAROL NICKLES

IIn the Spring of 1881, indigent seamstress Ginny Dahlke arrives in Parisville, Michigan - the state's earliest Polish American settlement.

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Deemed charmless and awkward by her mean-spirited sister-in-law, Ginny disparages her chance of securing love.

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But sought-after widowed farmer Peter Nickles is enamored by Ginny's perseverance, her pioneer spirit, and her acceptance of indigenous peoples.

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The seductiveness of a buxom heiress, a twisted story of an old-country betrothal, and the largest natural disaster in Michigan's history - The Great Thumb Fire of September 5, 1881, challenge their fledgling attraction and ultimate committal.